A side-by-side comparison of McInnis’ work for the Hasan Foundation[5] and an essay by Hobbs on Green Mountain Reservoir[6] finds numerous examples of sentences, and even whole paragraphs, that are identical.

“There are definite similarities,” Hobbs said in a statement released through the court after he reviewed examples provided by The Denver Post. “I would expect there would be some attribution.”

In a memo accompanying the work when it was turned in to the Hasan Foundation for publication, McInnis wrote that it was all original work and in its final form.

McInnis refused to comment for this story. His campaign’s spokesman, Sean Duffy, acknowledged the similarities between the work of Hobbs and McInnis, and blamed a researcher who worked with McInnis on the articles.